Manager/Team-Lead – Financial Reporting

Are you an experienced, analytical and technically focused Finance professional looking for an opportunity to use your skills to lead a financial reporting team for a global media business

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Join Alamy as the Financial Reporting Manager, you will be responsible for managing our financial reporting processes, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and audit requirements, and providing accurate financial information to support decision-making across our business.

You’ll work with the Finance Head to drive performance improvements and manage projects across Alamy’s offices to support the overall growth strategy in Alamy’s ambitious goal.

What you’ll be doing …

You’ll use your experience to:

• Prepare/review monthly management information pack
• Analyse and report on budget and prepare variances analysis
• Prepare/review monthly business KPI’s
• Provide monthly reports to cost center managers, SLT & department heads
• Analyse/report impact of forex movement in business and report the FX transaction as per the applicable standards
• Coordinate with development team for projects/process impacting finance function
• Prepare/assist annual budgets, quarterly forecasts & monthly cash forecasts in coordination with line managers and SLT’s
• Lead & manage FP&A team and ensure their development and timely delivery of objectives
• Ensure monthly accounts are maintained correctly and review schedules for balance sheet items
• Support year end statutory audit
• Support Local & group Statutory compliances

The ideal candidate

• 7+ years of experience in managing a finance team’s activities in FP&A function in an MNC (mandatory).
• CA/CMA Qualified or semi qualified (preferably)
• Exposure in preparing financial reports with multiple currency transactions
• Exposure in preparing financial budget & forecast including cash forecast
• Experience in preparing statutory financials as per local & IFRS standards
• Experience in working with ERP systems. SAP S4, SAC & Concur experience is preferred
• Advanced knowledge in excel. Knowledge in PowerBI is an added advantage.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience in working with foreign stakeholders preferably with people in UK
• Flexible to support UK business hours
• Highly organized with ability to work on own initiative, prioritize workload and meet deadlines
• People management skills

Technically you’ll need demonstrable experience of …

• Preparing and analyzing financial & management reports required by business.
• Depth analysis of margins generated for each business line or division.
• Expert knowledge in MS Excel & all office suite
• Strong Inter-personal skills
• Experience managing a team